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Anne Bernays Quotes

Publishers never tell writers anything. They’re all crazy and they drive me crazy Picture Quote #1

Publishers never tell writers anything. They’re all crazy and they drive me crazy Picture Quote #1

I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It puts them to sleep Picture Quote #1

Nice writing isn’t enough. It isn’t enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can’t just be nice all the time. Provoke the reader. Astonish the reader. Writing that has no surprises is as bland as oatmeal. Surprise the reader with the unexpected verb or adjective. Use one startling adjective per page Picture Quote #1

You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It’s far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character’s skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into Picture Quote #1

It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours Picture Quote #1

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Publishers never tell writers anything. They’re all crazy and they drive me crazy. (Anne Bernays Quotes) Publishers never tell writers anything. They’re all crazy and they drive me crazy (Anne Bernays Quotes) I can’t remember how many times I advised students to stop writing the sunny hours and write from where it hurts: No one wants to read polite. It puts them to sleep (Anne Bernays Quotes) Nice writing isn’t enough. It isn’t enough to have smooth and pretty language. You have to surprise the reader frequently, you can’t just be nice all the time. Provoke the reader. Astonish the reader. Writing that has no surprises is as bland as oatmeal. Surprise the reader with the unexpected verb or adjective. Use one startling adjective per page (Anne Bernays Quotes) You can teach almost anyone determined to learn them the basics required to write sentences and paragraphs that say what you want them to say clearly and concisely. It’s far more difficult to get people to think like a writer, to give up conventional habits of mind and emotion. You must be able to step inside your character’s skin, and at the same time to remain outside the dicey circumstances you have maneuvered her into (Anne Bernays Quotes) It sounds shameful, but on my best days I write only about three or four hours (Anne Bernays Quotes)